THB WANDaRLUST. I must away I Ths open read The olden oaths which well I would ro hence, to search Untrodden fields wherein the And streams are dancing:. And upon the brow Of unsealed heights I would In wonder bow. Then tempt the valleys where none else Is seen; Tread all the paths and seek lit each ravine Those unknown treasures which my soul desires, And on the rocks build my weird, votive fires. 1 cannot tarry here where to my gaze All, all Is wearyl All so understood! I must go hence to tread a thousand ways O'er sunlit plains and In the shadowed wood! - Lurana W. Sheldon, m the New York Times. The Madness n By May Isabel FUK, Pierrette fidgeted about for some moments, and then arose from the cloud upon which she had been seated. "What's the trouble, little one?" inquired Pierrot with a yawn and stretching himself lazily. Pierrette did not reply but walked restlessly about, and finally, leaning over the rim of a near-by cloud1, gazed hungrily down to the earth below and watched the tiny black dots darting hither and yon like so many ants on gin anthill, but apparently without so much method In what they were about. Pierrot regarded her Intently for, gome moments and then approached her. Gently he put his arm across her shoulders, but with an alien lmpa tlebce Pierrette Jerked away. "Why, sweetheart!" exclaimed Pier rot in surprise. "Oh, I'm tired of everything," said Pierrette sullenly, and became en grossed in watching the mortals be low. "Yes, I am," she continued, turning upon Pierrot with a sudden fierceness. "You needn't look so hurt nd surprised; it won't make the least difference. I tell you I'm tired of everything" "Hush!" responded Pierrot quietly "you don't know what you are saying.'' Be tried to take her hands, but again be pulled away. He drew her, still resisting, to a low Cloud and forced her to sit beside him. "Now tell me all about it. What's tipset you so?" Pierrette tried Ineffectually to rise. "Let me go," Bhe whispered; "I hate sitting on these damp old clouds." Pierrot instantly loosened his hold, but he arose with her and followed to Where she leaned over and stared with growing fascination at the panorama spread beneath. "They're all real down there. I'm tired of all this pretending. Nothing's real here, we make believe all the time. I tell you I can't Btand it any longer. I want real thingB, real peo ple, real emotion, real everything." Bhe ceased abruptly; but Pierrot stood motionless and silent at her side. Pres ently she resumed: "Down ihere they're busy and gay and have such jolly times. I've often eeen them the .women in such lovely frocks going to dinners and receptions and theatres, end such splendid men In Ihelr beautiful straight black clothes and the nicest white shirts and mono cles. I've often' watched out here at night when you've thought I was safe In bed. I've looked into where all those little pin spots of- light come from. They're restaurants and hotels, and it's all bright and beautiful, and the meet extraordinary and delightful things to eat, and the men whiBper the loveliest things to the women and the .women smile and look happy over It; and up here it's all dark and dull and 'stupid no pretty electric light, noth ing but these Btupld old stars and thnt freaky and irresponsible moon. It's fall make believe, and I hate It hate Jt" She broke off and buried her face in her hands, while her body was shaken with soundless sobs. Piers ot sighed deeply, and took the llttlo, still resisting figure in his arms nd caressed the soft rings of hair nestling on the head that reached just vs high as his heart t "I -was afraid it would com some day," he whispered. "You won't take my -word for it that here only are you safe and happy. Yes, happy," he re peated, In response to a violent wrig gle of protest from Pierrette. "All ithe beautiful things you have seen ibave been but the outer signs you 'fcave not looked Into the hearts and Iknown, as I have. That Is because you are young and have not known what suffering is yet. And I had hoped, dear heart, to keep It all from you, iperhaps forever." i "I not know suffering!" indignantly broke in Pierrette." "Did I not lose that shining gold-and-silver hall you gave me, and did not that lemon Ice Cfaro made from the .first winter's snow five me most frightful distress? Don't tell me I have not experienced suffer ing fcoth mental and physical ot the Terr worst kind. And I don't want any ore long, lugubrious lectures about being content with what we tve up here and no crying after the 'unattainable, and all that rubbish. The Viaattainable' is just what I want and, moreover, intend to have so you needn't say any more about It or try .to make me sorry, because I shan't be, no matter what you say or look, so now!" ) Again Pierrot sighed deeply, and, drawing away, stood silent with folded arms and eyes very grave. He regard ad with deepest concern Pierrette's flushed and angry countenance. He knew it would, be useless to argue or .entreat or be harsh. He could only wait and watch the outcome. As dusk drew on the deepening tur quoise of sky-and dimming disk of set sing sun made each cloud look porten- tons and lowering. attract! me to forego m footstecs kaow. along the way. flowers are aay. of Pierrette. Pierrette sat apart and brooded, with her chin in her upturned palms. "Now that that Is real life," she muttered to herself, "and this is mere ly dulness and stagnation personified. I'm glad I was beastly to Pierrot, and I'm glud I've found I've a horrid tem per, and I'm glad I'm just as hateful as I am, and I'm going to be as much worse as I can Just as wicked as ever I know how. I wonder if I dare " She arose and timidly climbed out on a further Jutting bank of the clouds. She looked down. A gray haze was ushering in the coming night and forging Into one great blur all the countless twinkling lights. Suddenly she let herself go and began to slip lip. And then she found herself floating, slowly and gently, downward. Larg er and more distinct grew the great stars below, until they finally resolved themselves Into broad belts ot Illumi nation; a faint hum intensified into' a mighty roar, and what had looked like strange dun colored beehives from above became smoke discolored hous es. Through the crowded streets rushed huge, mysterious vehicles, pro pelled by no visible means, each guid ed by a wild and soiled looking person on the front seat. The whole affair left a frightful odor iu its wake. Swarms of mortals filled the roof and Inside and were constantly making their way up and down the narrow stairway. Pierrette chose one of the most bril liantly lighted thorough fares In which to alight. Her feet first touched the earth directly In front of one of the great show Windows, through whose transparent protection she gazfd In rapture at the dazzling array of femi nine apparel. It must be from a place like this that those gorgeous costumes worn by the women she had watched were taken. She fairly gloated over the display of soft silks and shining satins and the glittering sequined gowns. Ah! if she could just for once don one of those exquisite frocks. SAVED FOR By Edgar L. Vincent. "Joe's got a new camera, Pa. He stopped and showed it to me this morning. It's a dandy, too! He's going to take pictures for the farm papers when he gets it learned. They want all kinds of 'em cows, horses, hens, trees, and, oh, everything you can think of!" Father straightened some of the kinks out of his back and lis tened to the boy's story ot the fine acquisition which had come to the neighbor boy. He knew what the light In the lad's eye meant, too; it was the fire of a wish and a beauttrul hope deep down In his heart. But how was that wish to be gratified? Could he get the means to gratify the hope which he knew was in his boy's soul for a camera juBt like Joe's? While the boy went on, In his heart something like this was running: ' "Times have been pretty snug for a few years. Not much money above a living. Sometimes a tight nip to make ends meet. I don't see where the money Is to come from to get the camera." Then swiftly came this other thought: Bonis getting a tilt uneasy lately. The old farm doesn't have the charms for him it used to have. Wonder " Then very quietly the words came from the lips of the hard working farmer: ' "And my boy would like a camera, too? Is that it?" "How in the world did you guess, Pa? I never said so, did I?" Ah, the heart of the true father! How keen it Is to know the secrets of the boy he loves! Words never spoken; thoughts never put Into language; hopes which live only In dreams, he understands them all. And somehow .the money came for the new camera, lust how it was done father and mother alone could tell you. Surely It meant the cutting oft of some things which seemed very necessary 'before, but which love could leave out when the time came for It.' . And there were many dollars needed after that. Films, de velopers, paper, trays these all cost money; and yet there never was a word of fault found. The apprentice muBt spoil a lot of material before he gets to be an expert But what do all these things amount to as long as through it all father sees the old love for the farm and Its scenes coming back and coming more strong than, ever? If the links may be more tightly riveted, holding the lad to the old place and giving him a better grip on himself than he ever had before, is it not worth all the sacrifice and the work? Manhood 1b counted up, not In dol lars, but in heart-beats. Progressive Farmer. There that one with tho white tulle, embroidered in silver, and the sea green shining wrap, with the jewelled buttons. No one seemed to see or notice her, and then she remembered she had about her the cloak that rendered her Invisible to mortal gaze1. She slipped Into the shop Just as the last attendant was leaving. With trembling hands she tore the shining frock end coat from the window and clad herself in the shimmering mass. Over all she flung her own cloak and then Went out again. Whlthar now? She fan lightly along the same street, which soon brought her to a park on one side and opposite houses with brilliant lights, in the windows ot which sat many of ihose lovely men in those beautiful black buIU with the l white shirts, aad many wore ths fasci nating monocles. Bhe paused for ft moment In front of one t these hous es and aj she did so her own cloak slipped from her shoulders ' to the ground. She stooped to pick it up, when a voice said, "Allow me," and turning, Pierrette looked straight into the eyes of one of the men she had been admiring In the window. Pierrette smiled sweetly at him. She had no conception of her exquisite ethereal loveliness as she stood full in the flood of illumination from the un curtained windows. "May I take you to your carriage or motor, or whatever you have wait ing?" inquired the man. Pierrette laughed outright at this. "But I have no motor or anything waiting." The man drew a step nearer and re garded her more closely. He looked puzzled. "But surely you are not here alone and like this?" "Oh, but I am," returned Pierrette with glee. The man did not respond at once, but continued to regard her perplexed ly. When he spoke it was with a cer tain diffidence that sat upon him with an unaccustomed air. 1'Would would you care to come and dine with me?" he asked at length. "Do you mean in one of those beau tiful big hotels, with all the lights and music?" demanded Pierrette, her eyes sparkling with anticipation. "Why, ot course. Wherever you like." . "But I don't know. Yoa choose: I shall be sure to be pleased wherever you take me." Presently an electric brougham that had been waiting in the shadow, drew up at the curb, and the man put Pier rette carefully within it and then placed himself beside her. This was another of those mysterious vehicles that ran without visible means, but this one had no stairway outside It and it went quietly and with no dread ful odor. When they were seated at a delight ful little flower-laden table in a screen ed corner and the sllentfooted waiter had been given the order, the man turned and looked long and earnestly at Pierrette before speaking. Pierrette blushed and hung her head under the close scrutiny, although she was pleased and greatly excited. "I want you to understand," he said quietly, "that while I do not know Just what it means I do comprehend there is something unusual about all this. You may tell me or you may not it doesn't matter. I shall not ask any questions if you do not wish me to. I want you to feel" He paused al most in embarrassment. Pierrette's great eyes filled with tears. "Oh, dear!" she cried, "your tone is so severe. I believe you are going to tell me you don't think you will like me.' The man stared at hor with a sud- THE FARM. den amazement, which quickly gave way to a smile. "You are the most be wildering creature I have ever met." He shrugged his shoulders. , "Never mind; I shan't try to fathom you yet. Here is something to pledge our recent and strange meeting." Two tiny glasses of a pale amber liquid, in which a bright red cherry bobbed merrily, were placed before them. "How pretty!" said Pierrette, and held the miniature goblet to her tips. Walt," said the man, putting out a restraining hand. "Just one sip of that for you; you may have the cherry." Pierrette obediently relinquished the glass, though she nibbled delightedly at the cherry, which was saturated with a pungent and burning fluid that hit nsr tongue but held an Insidious law. "Oh! but I like It," she cried. Presently she was gazing with eager attention at the crowd of diners now rapidly filling the room. "How lovely the women all are!" she said softly. The man raised his eyebrows. "H'm yes if any of it Is real." "Real!", echoed Pierrette. "What do you mean?" "Why, even with your evident Inex perience you must know that the deep rose of those cheeks, the shadow be neath the eye and the very scarlet lips have all been assisted in their va rious colorings." "Really!" exclaimed Pierrette, In disappointment. After a foment, "Then then I must be very ugly In deed, for I have nothing put on like that." A sudden flame leaped Into the man's eyes as he looked across at the charm ing face upraised to his. "You are like a lovely Illy in a gar den ot very perfect artificial flowers." Pierrette's heart beat quite madly. This was like the fascinating things she used to overhear the men saying to the women when she had looked down to earth and listened. And now they were actually being said to her, little Pierrette. She just wished that Pierrot could hear he wouldn't think she was such a child and so unimpor tant. Aloud she said: "Oh, how beauti ful! Do say it again; I was so afraid you were not going to tell me lovely things like that, and I did want to hear them so." Again the flame sprang up in the man's eyes and his voice was a bit unsteady when he spoke. "I wonder if you are the unsophisti cated child you appear to be, dropped from heaven knows where, or is it possible you are a very clever woman of the world?" Pierrette clapped her hands and laughed and then pouted. "I am not a child," she said In an agrrieved tone, "and I am a very clever woman of the worldL" The man threw back his head and gave way to unrestrained mirth. "Out of your own mouth you are convicted. The woman of the world would have Insisted she was a child. What manner of stray nymph or dryae or sprite are' you?" "Why, I'm Just Pierrette," replied Pierrette, gravely. "'Pierrette'; the name suits you wonderfully, so let it be Pierrette if that is your whim; you certainly are not of the earth earthy." Pierrette was enchanted with all the strange dishes, and when with a loud pop that almost terrified her from a dark green bottle something bub bled forth that fizzed delightfully, she looked at her host with pleading eyes. "May I have just a little?" "Yes, but only a very, very little." Pierrette sipped daintily and with great appreciation. "It is quite, quite perfect. It feels like heavenly sweet little needles pricking my throat. Don't let us have anything more to eat; I much prefer this beautiful drink." The man was greatly amused, bait promptly denied the request. After a time he asked her very gently, "Would you care to tell me anything about yourself? Not that I want to pry," he added quickly, "but I am greatly inter ested. Do Just as you feel about It." Pierrette crumbled a bit of bread and looked thoughtfully at her vis-a-vis. She hesitated prettily before re plylng.i "Well," she begnn slowly, "I I have Just come and and I shnn't stay very long and and I'm quite alone and I want a perfectly heavenly time. No," she corrected, "I want a nice earthy time. That's it real and things and and you are not saying to me all the lovely things I had hoped you were going to. Perhaps I am very dull or something." The man had listened to this recital with varying emotions. Then he lean ed across the table and covered the small fingers lying there with his own. "Don't," he said sternly. "Don't, child or not, you must not say such things; you don't know what you are doing." He pushed her hand away a trifle roughly. Pierrette shrank back in her chair, hurt and afraid. Her eyes filled with tears. "I'm so sorry If 1 have offended you," she said brokenly. "You are so beautiful in your straight black clothes and that white shirt and the little eyeglass; and I had hoped you were going to like me so much and tell me such fasciantlng things. I'm disappointed, that's all." "There, there, little Pierrette, I did not mean to wound you inexplicable whimsy that you are. I don't under stand at all, so I shan't try. Lift up your head and smile again. We won't think for the moment. We will Just be happy and pretend " "No, no!" interrupted Pierrette, shaking her head vigorously, "that's exactly what I don't want! everything must be real real,;' With sudden sus picion, "Were you only pretending when you said I was much nicer to look at than those other ladies with stuff on their faces?" "I certainly do mean you are the very loveliest thln I have ever looked upon;there Is a mysterious ethereal something about you I cannot fathom which puts you in a place quite by yourself. I don't at all understand; you are stirring elements in me I nev er knew I possessed staid, settled man ot the world as I am, you have completely bewildered me. I want very much to tell you something." "Yes, yes," encouraged Pierrette, breathlessly. "Well?" "That I love you," he whispered, and under the cover of the kindly flowers reached across the table again and Imprisoned the small fingers hy ing there. On!" exclaimed Pierrette, "bow per fectly delightful! I have little tingles down to my finger tips the ones you are squeezing and the others and I feel all bubbly near my heart, Just like that liquid In your glass. And is that what all the other men are saying to the ladles here that makes them smile and look so pleased?" Once more, after a puzzled look, the man gave vent to prolonged laughter. "I give It up," he said at last "I only know you are the most entranc ing and bathing bit of femininity I have ever encountered In my varied career." Later as they were sipping their coffee the man inquired, "What would you like to do now? It's rather late for the theatre; would you care to look in at a ball?" Pierette considered and pursed her pretty mouth In the effort "I think I should like to ride in the carriage you brought me in; that didn't make a noise or smell horribly. May we?" ' "Certainly; anything you like." Soon they were dashing through brilliantly lighted and thronged thor oughfares to plunge suddenly into a still and silent street lined with dig nified and solemn houses. Then again the glare and noise and movement After a time Pierrette said, "And now I would like Intense quiet and peace, and green trees and gardens." Obedient to her whim the motor was whirled about, and ere long they were rolling smoothly into fresher, sweeter air and along silent roads. Above a young spring moon made shadows of swaying branch and leaf. Pierrette sank back against the cushions with a sigh of supreme content "What a glorious night!" said the man, looking up at the stars. "Don't," murmured Pierrette ner vously. "Pierrot might" "What did you say?" inquired the man. "Oh, nothing." She shivered a lit tle The man reached for her own cloak lying on the opposite seat, but Pierrette stopped him. "No, no, I'm not cold yet." Presently she found one of her gloveless bands nesting contentedly in that ot the man. She liked the warm human clasp. She was very well sat isfied and leaned a little nearer to him. "And this Is really real, Isn't It?" she whispered. "it eeems to me more like a dream than anything I have ever experi enced," said the man quietly. Very tenderly he put an arm about her and drew her to him. She did not resist, but trembled with shyness and a cer tain sweet delight. She lay against his arm, her heart beating to suffoca tion, but with an infinitely pleasing palpitation. In the penumbra of a long line of drooping trees the man bent to her lips. For an instant she yielded to the new, divine madness; she became gid dy, then, burning through her brain like a white hot iron searing all else away was the thought, "What would Pierrot say?" She could not tell him this. She tried to draw away, but the man held her close. "No, no, sweetheart; I can never let you go. Witch or sprite what ever you are you have woven a spell about me that I cannot understand, but I know you can never break. I care not who nor what you are; I want you and shall have you and keep you with me forever, though I fight the whole world to get you. Dearest, look at me; let me see your eyes." -Ah! this was real, real. Pierrette struggled frantically to free herself. "You must let me go! You must let me go!" she panted, "Why won't you let me go?" "Because I love you." "No, no; this Is not love. I know now this isn't real. Real love means sacrifice, subservience of self, and all devotion" She broke Into sobs and fell back quivering. "I'm cold, so cold, and frightened." The man caught up her cloak and put It carefully about her, and then Softly but swiftly she floated up In the still night air and on and on, up and up. The noise and roar of the city's streets gave way to an Ineffable silence and coolness; the great belts of Illumination' became again tiny points of light. Sweet and fresh the rarefied night air fanned her hot cheeks. With a little cry of joy and relief she slipped upon a law hanging cloud and began to scramble up its side. There, in the half-light was some one standing, who now came to her with outstretched arms. "Pierrette!" "Pierrot!" And she was sobbing on his breast and clinging to him with frantic clutch. "Never, never let me go again; I found all the real things down there were only pretence while all we pretend here la really real." The Tatler. . Baton Came. Into Use. When was the musical baton first used In this country? Present musi cal festivals have provoked the query. It was surely at the Philhar monic concerts in 1820, when Spohr used it, to the great astonishment of the audience. It was not until 10 or 12 years later, however, that the ba ton came Into general use. A Ger man conductor who wielded It pro duced such wonderful results with his orchestra that It was thought there must be some magic power In the baton, and it consequently be came popular with conductors all over the country. Before the advent of the baton time was kept by the first violinist or by the pianist London Chronicle. MTJNYON'8 EMINENT DOCTOR At TOUR SERVICE FREE. Not a Penny to Pay For the Fullest Medical Examination. If yon are In doubt as to the cause of your disease mail us a postal re questing amedical examination blank, which you will fill out and return to us. 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